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  1. Children’s Voices and Participatory Approaches in Chile

    …onon and Dr Nicolás Brando. Este webinar, organizado conjuntamente por el grupo temático sobre infancia y juventud y la red regional latinoamericana de la HDCA, presenta investigaciones que exploran la importancia crítica de incorporar las voces infantiles en el desarrollo de políticas públicas y en la conceptualización del bienestar infantil en el contexto de Chile. Su objetivo es subrayar la necesidad de superar las perspectivas adultocéntricas…

    HDCA Webinar 2025 Children and Youth Latin American Network HDCA event/news HDCA Videos
    100 minutes
  2. In Memoriam – Kotaro Suzumura

    …hoice as well as the theory of social choice and welfare economics. Kotaro read widely and his keen awareness of the historical background of modern normative economics was a distinctive feature of his work on social choice and welfare. Together with K. J. Arrow and A. K. Sen, Kotaro edited the Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, Volume 1 (North-Holland, 2002) and Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, Volume 2 (North-Holland, 2011), which cont…

  3. Commentary: What sets good and bad leaders apart in the coronavirus era

    …of the Witwatersrand Crises bring out the best and worst of politicians and populations. Folly, fear and fortitude are on display everywhere. In the main, democracies have fared better than non-democracies in handling the coronavirus pandemic. But the record is very varied indeed. What explains this? What can be done about it? Read the full article in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/what-sets-good-and-bad-leaders-apart-in-the-corona…

  4. HDCA WEBINAR: Work in progress on developing measures using the CA

    …r help/ideas from the group (on possible approaches to problems, things to read etc.). That should leave us c.30mins for broader discussion, where other students can also ask for advice about their own work on capability-based measures. The idea is to have a collaborative open discussion on work in progress, rather than present results. Presentations: 1. Mateus Humberto – “Measuring the CA concepts into the domain of urban mobility: capabilities,…

  5. Amartya Sen Awarded 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

    …ork to combat social inequality in education and healthcare is as relevant today as ever. Among Sen’s most important contributions is the idea of evaluating a society’s wealth not solely based on economic growth indices, but also on the opportunities for development available to all individuals who comprise that society, in particular its weakest members. Read more here A related article about Amartya Sen, written by philosopher Christian Neuhäuse…

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